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M. c. CRAWLEY TYPEWRITING MACHINE 7 Sheetfs-Sheet 1 lll Filed Sept. 30.

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TYPEWR IT ING MACHINE Filgd'sept. Q 1922 n w: -sw l@ ATTORNEYS Feb. I9-, 1924.` 1,484,113

M. c. CRAWLEY TYPEWRITING MAGHINE Filed Sept. 30. 1922 7 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR A TTOR NE YS Feb. 19, 1924.- 1,484,113l

M. C. CRAWLEY TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Sept. 50. 1922 7 Sheets-Sheet -5 I 1N VENToR BY ALM' N9uf/.3

ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 19, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

I MANSFIELD C. CRAWLEY, OF GROTN NEW YORK, ASSIGNGR T ADDOGRAPH COH- fl PANY, OF LOS ANGELES,

CALIFRNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

TYPEHTRITING MACHINE.

Application filed September 30, 1922.

I'o all 107mm. if may erinnern.'

Be it` known that l, MANsFInLD C. URAWLEY, a citizen of the llnitell States of America. anti a, resident of Groton, in the rountyr ol Tompkins enti Stato of New- York.` have invented certain new and useiul ln'lprovemeuts 1n Typewriting Mn.-

ohines, of which the following is n specification.

This invention relates to improvements in typewritin);r machines, anti more partit-.ir larlyv to taliulnting merluinisrn ior suoli mtv chinos or other printingv machines prmfioleil with traveling platen or paper carriages.

The invention hns l'or one` of its objects to provifle tahulating moans oi increased .flexi` bility, that is, suitable i'or n wille range of use to meet varying requirements.

A further object oi thil invention is to prox'irlv means whereby :i paper vnr-ringe muy llo lnoveli sucsi'iively to prvilttcrminet! volunin points or Zones (progressiva tabulation), moved selectively to vither one of a plurality of rolumn points or zones (column selection talnllntion)` or moved to a selected denominational point within a column Zone (denomizlntionsil or decimal tabulation) in connection with either progressive tabulating movements or column seleeting tnl'nxlating movements of the can ringe.

Another important object of the;l invention is to provide talnzlriting merininism Wlierulrv the mirringc may lio moved in, either letter feed or return flirertiou successively to column points or zones, selective ly to any one oi' a plurality of roluinn points or zones, or to selected tlenominaf tional points within column zones (normal null reverse tabulation).

Another in'lportzint 'feature of the invention consists in the provision of means whereby the operator may, with a minimum o1 mental :intl physical cfl'ort, selec:- tively jump the carriage i'rom any point in its tmwl to any tlosiroil smile-point through the nn'tliuxn of the rolnnin solei-ting keys null flenfnninzitional-point selecting keys (selective scale-point tnl'iulntion).

Other iuniortnn objects oi' the` invention are to provi/lc n tnhulnting mwhanisni in which noise and shook in arresting the Serial No. 591,582`

jump or running movement of the carriage are reduced to i minimum; ,to provide tabulnting mechanism in which the vari- 5b ably settahle progressive tabulating abutment devices or column stops, the uniformly spaced fixed-point abutment devices or column-selecting stops, and the denominationnhpoint selecting nljutments, or decimal 00 stops are relieved of shook in stopping the carriage and may accordingly be made of Srnnll and light: construction; fand to y, rovidc n tainilating` mechanism off simple amel compact construction. ln the ect'ornpanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention, the tsbulating mechanism is shown in connection with a power-operated typewriting machine such as divwlosed in my copending applieution Serial No. 588,045, filed September 13, 19522, but it will be obvious that many features oiA the invention ma)A he lis-nii in connection Willi other forms ot' power-oliicratell Writing machines and 76 also in oonnertion with writin machines in which the paper carriage is riven in letter-'feed direction by a spring end returned by hand.

In the drawings annexed: yBIJ Figure 1 is a, vertical sectional View n V the line 1-1 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is a detail view showin nmnselectin, r stop or abutment evice in action in conjunction with the denomina- 3B,4 tional selector;

Fig. 3 :i plan view. the paper carriage and progressive tnbulating column stop support being omitted;

Fig. 4 a detail perspective view showing litt a progressive tnbnlatmg column stop 'in action; A

Fig. 5 a detail perspective view shows in a column-selecting stopy in mation;

ig. 6 a transverse section on the line 05 6 6 of Fig. 1, the carriage bein omitted' Fig. 7 a plan view of the etter-f means for the carriage and the means for releasing the carriage for runnin movements, the releasing action.

Fig). 8 a detail plan View of the can ringrdelensing rnonns, the releasing mean! and holding pawl being in normal position.

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means being s own in 10c f ments of the carriage;

Fig. a. rear elevation of the taloulating l mechanism;

Fi .V11 a plan view of the parts shown in ig. 10;

F' 12 a sectional view on the line 12-12 of 1g. 11;

F' 13 a. sectional view on of 1g. 12; l

Fig. 14 a detail view showing,r yleldmg of an inactive progressive tabulating; column stop without breaking the interlocking connection with the notched stop har when such e stop strikes the rear edge of a decimal stop during forward rocking of the column stops; and

Figs. 15 and 16 are detail views showing the construction and mounting of the iroive tabulating column stops and t eir ing means. e main frame 1 of the machine is provided with transverse raceway rails 2 cooperating With raceway rails 3 on the platen carriage 4 to form rares for ball hearings 5, whereby the platen carriage lsv-supported and guided to move transversely ol the main frame. The usual platen 6 is mounted on the carriage. A transversely extending rack? is rigidly held to the carriage and meshes with a. p1nion 8 fixed on an npright shaft 9 journalled in a bearing lll on the main frame 1. The carriage is adapt ed to be given a step-by-step or letter-leed movement toward the left, or to be given s running movement either toward thil left or right, through the medium of rack 7, pinion 8, and shaft 9.

The means for imparting!J runningr movements to the carriage in both dii-eration; transversely of the main framed of the the line 13-13 mawhine, comprises a beveled pinion il fixed on the lower; end of shaft 9 und tonstently meshing with a pair of bevel gears 12 rigidly held to two oppositely facing conoidal driven clutch members i3 slidably and rotatably mounted on a continuousl running drive shaft 14. The driven cinte members 13 are normally out of driving relation with a pair of eompanion conoidel driving clutch members l5 rigidlyr fixed on shaft 14. Shaft i4 is journallod in bearings 16 on the main frame and is constantly driven. while the nmohine is in use, by an electric motor i7 the shaft of which has a pulley i8 l'ixnd thereon corr nectd by a driving belt i9 with a pulley 20 fixd 0n Shaft 14. The pinions l2 and clutch l `members 13 are adapted to be pressed outwardly sullir-,iently to establish driving cannet-tionsl between clutch meinf bers 13 and 15 without demeshing pnions 12 from pinion 1l. When the left hand companion clutch members 13 and 15 are engaged the carriage will be driven rapidly toward the left or in letter-feed direction, and when the ri 'ht hand companion clutch members 13 an 15 are engaged the carriage will be driven rapidly toward thc right or in carriage-returning direction.

The left hand clutch is controlled by a oarriageadvanee key-lever 2l provided vi ith a inger key 22 in the ke 'board of the machine, andthe right ham clutch is controlled by a rarriage-retnrn key lever Ztl brovided with a key 24 in the keyboard of the machine. Said key levers being preferably arranged ndjai'ent opposite sides of the nini-bine and adjiu-ent opposite ende` of and in transverse alinonient with a row or bank of ifolnnxneelerrting keys hereinafter described. These e'olnnin#electing keys are preferably located to tblrvar of the usual banks or rows of printing keys. The key levers 2l and :225 :me pivoted intermediate their ends on a i'nlcrnin rod 2li mounted inr ay braulwt 2li extendingy trium'ersely :Lfi'oss the main Train? -1 and rigidly held at it4 onde: to .mid frame. Said key levers :inY rwtorvl b springe in :i tinnsvl'rse row of return spring` Ill) :ind their throw is linlitvd by Stop derives lll and J2 hureilml'il-r (lvselilu'd,

dl'prvseion ed llu- :Ultimi-o kry 22 valises the roar rnd nl' lof; lewl' 2l to lil't the outer vnd nl :i trnn-wr-|l extending sub-lever said drh-W1' lil-in;r pix'olnllj,y supported at El* in thv nm'ni l'rnino lo rovi; up and donn, rl'hlA inner uid ol' the sub-level' is :nluplvd io piles inwardly against the lower und il nn upeiunding irlutr-l|-oporating ii-'refr :51| ohh-li i piwtid nl, Ill) in tinA main fwirnii to owing lluuervi'evly. #n that when v5 13 le lupi-ward tin l'urln-d upper end ol' |lutvlifipvruling lvwr LEl will prvs the lvithnnd pinion l2 :ind tluattached clutch member lil slightly outward or toward the lult to cetahlifeh :1 driving: Ionnoction be twin-n thirornpunion h-it hand r-lntrh inemlivrfa l nnd i3. The right hand pinion li! and tinL ultni'lu-d right hand r-lutith niembvr lil nro ndnptud to be pressi-d outwardly or toward lin' right. to establish a driving ronnwtion botvrwn the 'olnpnnion right bund f-lulrh nwinbl-rf; l and l5, bv the l'orhvd upper ond of an opstanding trans- 'iI-rwly wringing Iluivh-opornling level' 31, whirl level' is nlro pivotwl nt 30. The

lmwl ond nl' louer ill is adapted to be` pi'reeod inwardly. upon depression of the urringr-ruturn ln \fy "Jil, by an arm 352 on a. lrnnmursvly extending nnb-lever ll pivoted intvrnwdintv its endsy in the main frame at :54 to roi-k up andriown. the roar end of key lever 2li engaging under the outer end of the nubflever to rook said Hubdever.

The lvltvr--l'eeil rnef'hanism horeinbefore rol'vrrml to i# fully shown and described in lny appending appliration Serial No.

588,046. filed September 13, 1922, a'nd only so much thereof is necessary to an understandingr of the tabulating movements of the rar-ringe is illustrated and described herein. It eonsists generally of a feed Wheel 35 fixed on the shaft i) and adapted to he stepped around hy means of a pair of pawls Sti-457 to advanre the carriage in letterfeed direction through the medium of pinion S and raelf 7. The pawls are reripro cated by the fore-and-faft reeiproeable type bar actuator 35. the pand-carrying arms 39 heine swung forwardly and harkwardly about .sha l't l) h v the aetuator. The actuator is normally lorhed in rear position against the tension of spring 4U hy a hook 4l and is released hy ora-ration ot' the printing,r key levers lz! which lil'l lypefhar selectors `lil to plare rouplez's` -l-l ronnerted to type hars 4.7 in the path of the actuator, said couplers actuating a universal trip har 46 to release the artuutor. At the end of its forward movement the actuator is pulled hack and re-loelred through the medium of a pitman 1.7 and a crank shaft 48 which is temporarily connected with shaft 14 for this purpose, all as more fully shown and deserihed in my o;'nending appliration Serial No. 577362, lili-d July 25, 1922, The pawl :itl normally engages in one ot' the noti-hes ol' the feed-wheel and pawl 3i' is normally held out of engagement with the feed wheel. shown in Figs. l5 and El, so that` paw! 36 normally locks the carriage against movement in either direction. I-awl 36 feeds the earriage one-half lettci-space on the forward stroke of the actuator and pawl 37 feeds the carriage another half sace on the return stroke, of the actuator, tllle pawls being controlled hy a cam plate 49, as set forth in said application Serial No. 585,016.

It will be obvious that, whenever it is desired to give the rarriagfe a rnunimg;r or jump movement in tahulating, it is necessary that pawl 36 he disengaged from feed- Wheel 35 to permit drivixngr of shaft 9 from shaft 14 through oml or the other of the clutch connections above described. For this purpose a earriagwrelease lever 5() is pivoted on shaft 9 ,-e-nl i normallyrheld in the'position shown n l' ig. 8 by a spring 51- with one end in engagement with pawl` 3G and the other end in engagement with the upper end of a vertical lever 52,. Lever 52 is pivoted at 53 on the main frame to swing' transversely, and is provided at its lower end willi a rearwardly extendingr lug 54 with whirh cam edges and 56 on Sublevers 27 and 33. respectively, engage to rock said lever 52 in a. direi-tion to swing release lever to cause the release lever to cam pawl 3G out of the notch in the feed wheel (as shown in Fig.

i) when either of the key levers 21 and 23 is operated.

A universal carriage-stopping means is provided for arresting the carriage 'at the end of all tabulating movements of the several types above described, said means comprising a tabulator rack 57 and a double dog rarriage-stop 58 having two oppositely extending dogs or projections 58 and 58 adapted to engage the teeth of the rank to stop advance and return movements, respectively, ol the carriage. The teeth of rack 5T are spared lo correspond with the let-terspaee feed steps of the paper cari-ia e 4, and said rack extends transversely o the main frame and is rigidly secured to the rear fare of the rear raceway rail 2. Sto 5S is pivotally mounted midway its en s on :i l'oi'e-aml-at't extending stud or pivot sere Si! located midway the ends ol the Carriage and rigidly held to the central depending;r arm Gi) of a threearm rocker plate or lever haviingr a pair ol' arms 61-U2 extendiner toward opposite, sides of the marhine. lhe three-arm lever is pivotelly held midway its ends on a holt (S3 located above screw 5U and held to a depending lug 64 on the carriage midwa i the ends of the carriage hy a nut 65. Ihis three-arm rocker meunier is normally yieidahly hold in the position shown in lfg. 12 hy two flat springs |313 and GT the l'rec inner ends of whit-l1 press upwardly against the outer ends ol' arms Ul and (5;), respectively, of said member. Spi-ingr` UG and 67 are secured to the carriage, at their outer ends bv screws (Se and upward movement of the ree ends of the springs is limited by lugs 69 on the carriage.

The dogs 58 and 58 are adapted to be rocked into engagement with rack 57 b movement ot' the carriage in opposite d1- reotioris relatively to a yieldably held trip har 7d having stop-aetuating arms or lugs Tl and 72 located at opposite sides of a rearwardly extending pin 73 rigidly held to stop 5S below the stop pivot screw 59. The trip har extends transversely of the ma chine and is slidably held to the carriage 4. at the rear thereof in apertures in foar lugs 74 extending rearwardly from the carriage. A pair of compression springs 75 coiled around har 70, and en raging the two outer lugs 74 and shoulders 6 on said bar, normally hold the frip bar to travel with the carriage midway the ends of the carmage.

The operation of the universal carriage stop 5S and its trip bar 70 is controlled b engagement of either of the denominational point determining ahutments or decimal stops 77u formed on a denominational selector 77 with ahutmenls 78 or 79 formed respectively on two series of column stops or zonemletermininer devices 78 and 79 mounted on the Vframe l of the machine. The denominational selector 77 is stamped from a single piece of thin sheet metal and comprises a main bar-like body portion twisted into general spiral form and pro vided at its ends with integral supporting arms 8() provided with square apertures for slidahly holding the selector to a transverse rork shafttt of square cross-section so thai the selector may slide on the shaft and rorltV therewith. The spirally bent body portion of the selector is formed along one edge with ten integral decimal stops or ilenoniinational-point-determining abutment logs TT stepped spirally with relation to the axis of roei( shaft 8l and spaced longitndinalli of the axis of the shaft, that is, transversely ot' the machine, for single letten spat-i movements of the carriage, the opposite .side edges oi either decimal stop being adapted to engage opposite side edges of parte TH and TJ of stops or abutment de- Yli'i's, i* und 79.

'l`hiends' ol' shaft hl are rotatably supportifil in bearings in a pair of braekets 82 rigidly held tothe iiiaiii frame l adjacent machine to support said shaft at the rear of the carriage 4 parallel with the path of movement of the iarriage. rock arm H rigidly affixed to one end of shaft 8l normally extends downwardly and rearwardly in the position shown in Figi. l to normally maintain the decimal stop Ti at the right hand end of the selector in a horizontal plane into which abutinents Ti and T9A of roliiinn stop devices 78 and T9 are shiftahle hi' means hereinafter ilesrribed. lim-k ai'in Hfi is erinnert-- eil by a linhV h5 with the rear enti of one 0f the side arms HV of a hail the transverse bar ST of wliiili is formed with an inclined portion 8T the lower edge of wliirh inclines` downwardl)Y from right to left.

The rijflit hand stop 7T is the decimalpoint determininj r stop or abutment, the next stop 77 is the units denominational roliiinn determining stop, and the siiccessive reinainin; r stops TT determine the leciniahnotation or deiioiniiiatiiinal columns "t.i^iis, hundreds tliousands, tene thousands, liundredfthousandsx millions. teirrnillions and hundred-millions." respei-tirely. Nine denominationalpoint selerlin; y key levers 88 are provided I'or selectively shifting either of the nine stops 7T local ed to the left of the decimalpoint stop upwardly int'o the horizontal plane in whirh the decimal-point stop is normally held. Key-levers 88 are of unifori'n shape. are pivoted on a fiilerum rod 89 supported in the main frame, are returned by compression springs 9i), and are guided in a combined return stop-bar and guide-comb Sil and adapted when depressed to engage a stop-rod 84, said comb and rod limiting the throw of the key levers in opposite directions. The inclined part 87* of the bail overlies all the key levers 8S, is normally held down on the rear end of the let hand or. hundred millions key lever by a coil s )ring 93 to present the decimal-point stop 7i in active position, and is spaced progressively farther above the rear ends of the remaining key levers 88 in order from left to right. The side arms of the bail 87 are pivoted at 94 on ears on bracket 26 and it will be obvious that key levers 88 in order from right to left will rock the bail and the selector 77 upward progressively greater distances upon depression of keys 95 thereon which are provided with theV designations units, tens, etc., corresponding with the denominational values of the key levers and referahly printed in black for the purpose liereinafter described. Any abutment T7 may thus be shifted to cause it fto travel in the path normali traversed by the right hand or decimapoint abutment.

The donominational selector is connected with the carriage 4 to normally travel in unison therewith by reason ofthe engagement of the forward end of the right hand arni 8U of the selector between two rearwardly extendineV lugs 96 on the trip bar 70. lt will be obvious that if the mlovement of the selertor is arrested, by engagement of one side edge or the other of any stop 77il with one or the other of the side faces of either of' the alnitnients 78* and 79a, the trip bai' will also be arrested, iwliile the carriage may continue to move for a short distance,

thereby i-oinpressingr one or the other of springs T5 and rockingI either the dog 58 or the dog 58 into engagement with rack 57 and stopping; the carriage. The relative nioveinent between the carriage and selector is suflieieiit to compensate for the thickness o'r' the two engaged abutinents 77-"8" or Tia-79, whereby the rarriage may be stopped at the desired point whether movingV toward the left or toward the right. Springs cushion impacts of stops 7T against ahiitnients T8 and T9, eliminating noise and jar and preventingr damage to the lightly constructed sheet metal stops. Spring G7 absorbs the shork of impact of dog 5H against a tooth of rack 57 while spring 6l', absorbs the shock ot' impact of dog 5S" against a rat-l( tooth. thus reducing jar and noise and wear. The stop 58 and rack 57 do the actual work of arresting the carriage and are made relatively heavy and Tll strong. It will be observed that shocks due to stopping tabulating movements of the carriage are not transmitted to the selector 7i and stops 78 and 79 or any of the tabulating keys of the machine.

The progressive tabulating column stops 78 are mounted on the machine frame for variable adjustment transversely of the mo,- chine and are rockable in unison from an las trau

inactive position to a position in lcooperativeV relation with the denominational selector, that is to place abutments 78a in the path normally traversed by the decimal-point $2,011.77 at the 4right hand end of the selecbor. Each stopl 8 is' formed of u single piece of thin s eet metal and comprises a p air 'of parallel supporting arms provided with round bearing apertures for supporting-the stops to slide and rock on a rod 97 oi; circular cross-section, said arms being connected below the rod by an integral crosshar 98 and one of the arms being formed at its lower end with a forwardly and downwardly extending stop finger or abutment 78'`l and at its upper end with a locking fingeror lug 99 yieldably held by a spring 100 in` one of a series of notches 101 formed in the forward edge of the horizontal web, of anA angular stop-bar 102 formed of light sheet metal with a. depending web' at its rear edge. Springs 100 are coiled around rod 97Lbetwee'n the arms of the respective sto s with one end of each spring bent upward y atejthe rear' of the depending web of bal` 1Q2`and the other end thereof engaging the rearedge of cross-bar 98 of the stop. Notches 101 are spaced to correspond with letter-space feed movements of the carriage anidthe horizontal flange of bar 102 is provided vvith graduations 103 corresponding with the letter-space positions of the carnialge, I f I A jhe carriage of the machine shown has axtravel of' eighty letter-spaces and it will bvev noted from Fig. 11 that bar 102 has notches 101 at both ends in addition to the eighty notches between the points 0 and 5180? `on scale 103, whereby one Vor more of the stops 78 may be shifted beyond the eld'fof-travel of the carriage and locked to thai-bar; 102 in( inactive or stored posiition. As many -ofthe stops 78 may be mounted on rod97 as desired. The stops aref. adjusted transversely of the machine byxtocling the same about rod 97 until fingen, 99 is released, then shiftingr the stop terally along the rod until finger 99 is o'positethe desired notch and releasing t .sto It will be observed from Fig'l that'i an inactive stop 78 should strike against the 'rear edge of one of the decimal stops when the stops 78 are rocked'forwardly, as hereinafter described, said mac tive sto may yield without becoming unlocked rom the notch 101 in which its finger 99 is engaged.

Aftootlicd segment lll-l abuis against. the outer faceof ilie loll hand one of :l pair nl' depending cars 105 on the ends of bar 102. shouldered pivotv screws 10T, rotatably mounted in brackets 82 and screwed iiiln sockets in the ends of rod 97, tightly bind rod 97bar 102. and segment 104 logcllwr so-that they rock as a unit, lugs 105 boing ressed tightly against the ends of the rod y the shoulders on the screws. The upper end -of segment 104 is bent flat down upon the horizontal flange of bar 102 at 106 to 'aid in preventing relative rotary movement between said. segment and bar. The teeth of segment 104 mesh with the teeth of a sector 108,`pivoted on the left hand bracket 82 at 109, and connected by a link 110 with the rear end of a progressive tabulator stop-baroperating key lever 111 which is pivoted intermediate its ends on fulcrun'i rod 25 and is provided with a key 112 at its forward en The throw of the key-lever 111 is also regulated by stops 91 and 92, before described, to determine the normal and active positions of stops 78, and said lever is re turned by a s ring 90. i y

In the mac ine illustrated there are seven of the column selecting stops or selective major columnar oint or zone determining devices 79 space ten letter spaces apart transversely of the machine and located .tc arrest the carriage at the points 10, 20, 30, .4.0, 50, and 70 of the scale 103. Each stop device 79 comprises an upstandin one-piece bar-like member' formed of thin s lect metal and guided in fore and aft extending slots in transverse guide bars 113 and 114 on the frame 1 to move vertically and also edgewise fore and aft of the machine. T he lower ends of stop devices 79 are twisted into a transverse plane and are guided in transverse slots in a guide bar 115 ou the frame, said lower ends of the stop devices being notched to receive the upper edges of the rear ends of column selecting key .le vers 116, Yof which there are seven, pivoted interme diate their ends on ulcrum rod 25 and provided Witli keys 117 in the same bank with keys 112, 22 and 24. The keys 117 are provided vvith designations 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and in order from right to left to correspond with the location ofthe stops 79 operated thereby, said designations being preferblack to correspond with the ably printed in the decimal notation values color in which of keys 95 are rintcd.

The throw o key levers 116 is limited by the stops 91 and 92, and s'aid levers have restoring springs iii the transverse row of springs 90. Key levers 116, and the key levers 21. 23 and 111, are 'provided with shoulders 9]ndapted to engage comb 91 to limil the upward movement of the keys llu-i-von'and are provided with lugs 92 adapted to engage lthe top of comb 92 to limit. the downward movement of the keys. Key levers S8 are provided with shoulders RS adapted lo engage comb 91 to limit the upward movement ol' the keys 95 and are adapted to engage under rod 84 to limit the downward niorcmcnl of Said keys.

Stops 70 are normally yicldably held in iiiactiv(l position by springs 118 and are provided with rearwardly cam lugs 119 the downwardly an rwa y exten ing up r edges of which ride across the rear e ges of the slots in ide bar 113 to rock the stops forwardly w en the stops are elevated by the key levers 116. The upward and forward movement imparted toa stop 79 upon de ression of its operating key 11 y shifts the a utment or stop r 79' on the up r end of the stop into t e ath norma ly traversed by the right han or decimal int stop linger 77 on the denominationa selector 77. Stops 79 are arrested in set position by enga ement of a shoulder 120 with bar 113, the orward and rearward rocking of the stops being controlled further b engagement of the edges of the stops with tli'e ends of the slots in guides 113-114.

Progressive column or zone tabulation.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that the carria e may be 'ven successlve movements to t e points or which the unstored sto s 78 are set by first depressing key 112 and) then depressing either key 22 or key 24. ,If key 22 is depressed the carriage will move toward the left until the left-hand edge of dcl'nl-point stop 77 engages the right hand face of the next abutment 78 to the left and tri s the universal stop.A This operation may repeated for as many more of the stops 78 as desired. If key 24 is depressed the carriage will move to the right until the right `hand ed e of decimal-point stop 77 enga s the left and face of the next abutment 8'I to the right thereof and trips the universal carriage stop 58.

Selective column or zone tabulation.

The carriage ma be moved directly to any desired one of t e uniformly spaced column oints determined by .thelocation of stops Il!) by de ressing the key 117 containing the black etter designation corresponding with the scale position of the sto selected and then depressing key 22, i the selected stop is to the left of the printing point at which the carriage is standing, or keg,Y 24 if the selected stop is to the rig t of such point.

Decimal or denomz'atimial tabulation.

pendent ulpon the desired direction of n wvement of t e carriage.

This denominationalint or decimal order selection may be o tained in selectivo column tabulation by depressing the columnselecting key 117 containing the black letter designation corres onding with the Scalo int desired for tl'le decimal-point to print epressing the key havin the desired black letter decimal order designation, and then depressin either key 22 or key 24 dpendent u n t e desired direction of movement of t e carriage.

Selective scalo-point tabulation.

The operator fre uently desires to move the carriage direct y to some particular scale-pointer letter-space positionintermediate those determined by stops 79. In order that this may be accomplished with a minimum of mental and physical etl'ort provision is made for utilizin the keys 95 and 117 and the stops settab e thereby for this purpose. To this end keys 117 are provided successively from right to left with d nations o, lo, L 7 30, 40, 50 t, and 60, respectively, said designations being preferably printed in red or other color contrastin with the desi ations on the keys whic denote the sca e-point location of the stops operated thereby. It will be noted that each red letter des' ation is less by ten than the black letter (ersiignation on the same key. Red letter numerals, 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are printed on the keys 95 in order from left to right. lt will be obvious that hay depressing the key 117 numbered 0 in re and the key marked 1 inv red the carriae will be arrestedv at point 1 on the sca e 103 or one letter-space from its extreme return position. By de ressing key 117 marked 0 and the proper red-numbered key 95 the carriage may arrested at any point from l to 9 on the scale. De ression of ke 117 numbered 10 in red an key 95 numbered l in red will cause stoppage of the carriage at scale-point 11. De ression of this last-mentioned key 117 an key 95 numbered 2 in red will cause sto page of the carriage at scale point 12, an so on. It will of course be understood that in connection lwith the operation of the key-combinations described under this heading, either key 22 or key 24 is also o rated to run the carriage directly to the sca e-point selected Reverse tabulam.

lt will be noted from the dcription .0f the operation of the machine, above, that in either type of tabulating the carriage may be given tabulating movements from left to right` that is in a direction opposite to its letter-feed travel` as welll as movements from right to left,

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What I claim is:

l, In a writing machine, the combination of a machine frame, a paper carriage mounted thereon to travel transversely of the frame, power means for giving the carriage a running movement in either direction of its travel, a denominational selector mounted to travel with the carriage having decimal-order abutments, and a series of sto s on the frame spaced transversely of tlie frame and the opposite side faces of 'which are adapted to be engaged by opposite sides of the decimal-order abutments to effect stoppage of the carriafre 2. In a writing machine, the combination of a machine frame, a paper carriage mounted thereon to travel transversely of the frame, power means for giving the carriage a running movement in either direction of its travel, a denominational-point selector mounted to travel with the carriage, a series of transversely `spaced. stops on the frame, and means for rocking the selector about an axis extending transversely of the frame, said selector embodying a, series of decimalorder stops arranged spirally with respect to the axis of rockability of the selector and each having' twoabutment faces respectively facing toward opposite sides of the machine and adapted to en age 'opposite sides of the transversely space stops.

In a writing machine, the combination of a machine. iframe,l a paper carriage mounted thereon to travel transversely of the frame` power means for givin y the carriage a runni movement in eit er direc Vtion of its trave a denominationatpoint selector mounted to travel' with the carriage, a series of transversely spaced stops on the frame, and means for rocking the selector about an axis extending transversely of the frame, said selector 'embodying a series of ten decimal stops arranged spirally with respect to the "axis of rockability of the selector and each having two abutment faces respectively facing toward opposite sides ot the machine and adapted to engage opposite sides of the transversely spaced sto s, the decimal stop at one end of the series beingl normally in active position, and a series of nine decimal-order selecting keys on theframe operatively connected to shift the selector-rocking means different distances.

4. In a writing machine,-a main frame, a universal carriage-stopping means, a paper carriage mounted to travel transversely of the frame, means for moving the carriage, a group of decimal stops mounted to normally travel as a unit with the carriage,l transversely spaced zone stops on the frame adapted to engage a set decimal stop and arrest all of said decimal stops, means permitting a short continued travel of the carriage after the decimal stops are arrested,

and means whereby such continued movenient of the carriage actuates the universal carriage-stopping means.

5. In a Writingr machine, the combination of a frame, a paper carriage mounted thereon to travel transversely. thereof. an abutment device mounted to normally travel with the carriage, transverselyv spaced abutment devices on the frame. means whereby the carriage may continue to travel after the device traveling therewith is arrested by one of the devices on the frame, a universal carriage-stoppingz means, means whereby said continued travel of the carriage actuates the carriafjfe-stoppingnr means, and means for cushioningr the action of the carriage-stopping means.

6. In a writing machine, the combination with a frame. a aper carriage mounted to travel transverse y of the frame, and means for giving the carriage running movements, of a denominational-point selectingr means mounted to normally travel with the carringe, Stops on the frame adapted to arrest said selecting means, a yieldingr connection between said selecting means and the car` riage permitting the carriage to continue to travel after the selectingr means is arrested, a pivotally held. stop on the carriage, a rack on the frame. and means whereby said continued travel of the carriage will rock said pivoted stop into engagement with the rack to arrest the carriage.

T. In a writing nnu-hinc. a frame, a traveling carriage on thc frame, a stop mounted to normally travel with the carl'iagre, a stop on the frame for" arresting;r thc first-mentioned v stop. means whereby the carriage may continue to travel after the first-mentioned stop is arrested, a stopping dog, means whereby said continued travel of the carriage rocks said dog, a rockable member pivotally mounted on the carriage to which said dog is pivotally held, a s ring on the carriage for resisting the rocling of said member when the dog is put into actionrand a rack on the frame engaged by said dog upon rocking of the dog on its pivot to arrest the carriage. Y

8. In a writing machine, a main frame, a paper carriage mounted thereon to travel transversely of the frame. power means for tgiving the cariage running movements in either direction of its travel. donblc-faced decimal stops mounted to travel with the carriage, n series of transversely spared zone stops on the frame. and means put into action bv engz-ljucment if a dci-lumi stop with a zone stop for arresting the carriage at the selected denominational point -in thc zone of the hitter stop when lhe carriage is traveling! in either directionY 9. In a writing machine, a main frame, a paper carriage mounted thereon to travel transversely of the frame, power means for giving the carriage running movements in either direction of its travel, a series of transversely spaced zone stops on the frame, denominational-pointselectingmeansmounted to travel with the carriage and adapted to cooperate with each zone stop and embodying a spiral series of stepped doublefad decimal stops, means for rotating said spiral series of stops to bring any one thereof into cooperative relation with a zone stop, and a carriage-arresting stop actuated by engagement of either face of any decimal stop with a zone stop.

10. In a Writing machine, a main frame,

support to simultaneously position the stops thereon in the path of movement of the carmage-arresting means, and means for moving any desired one of said second series of paper carriage mounted thereon to travel \s\tops into the path of the carriage-arresting transversely of the frame, power means for giving the carriage running movements in either direction of its travel, a series of transversely spaced zone stops on the frame, a double-faced cooperating stop traveling with the carriage, and means actuated by said double-faced stop for arresting the carriage by cooperation with the frame of the machine, said means embodying an oppositely Working resilient buffer means` for eliminating noise and jar in arresting the carriage in either direction of its travel.

11. In a typewriting machine, a rockable carriage-stop on the carriage having two opposite stop-dogs, a rack on the frame, means for iving the carriage a running movement in either direction, a series of stops, and means actuatable by any one of said stops for rocking the carriage-stop in either direction to stop the carriage by engagement with said rack.

12. In a writing machine,aframe,a paper carriage mounted on the frame to travel transversely thereof, means for running the carriage in opposite directions, a denominational selector normally traveling with the carriage .having a spirally stepped series of decimal stops, means for rockably adjusting said selector to bring any one of the decimal stops into action, zone stops on the frame for arresting the selector, means yieldably connecting the selector to the carriage to permit the carriage to continue to travel after the selector is arrested, a doubledog carriage-stop, a rockable plate on the carriage to which said double-dog stop is pivotally` held, springs on the carriage resisting rocking of the plate in opposite directions. means operable by movement of the carriage after stoppage of the selector for rocking the double-dog stop in different directions in accordance with the direction of travel of the carriage, and a rack on the lframe for cooperation with either dog on the carriage stop.

13. Tabulating mechanism for Writing machines comprising a traveling carriage, means for movingr the carriage at will through a plurality of letter-spaces. a tabulator stop support extending parallel with means. I

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination-of a traveling paper carriage and tabulating Ariiechanism. associated with the carriage, said mechanism com rising a keyset denominational-point seector mounted to travel with the carriage, a'shiftable carriage-arresting sto mounted on the carriage, a series of re atively adjustable tabulator stops mounted independently of the carriage, means for shifting said tab-SF ulator stops simultaneously into and out of the path of said selector, a rack su ported independently of the carriage, an means connecting said carria e-arresting stop and selector for moving the stop into enga ement with the rack when the selector stri es a tabulator stop.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling paper carriage and tabulating mechanism associated with the carriage, said mechanism comprising a' keyset denominational point selector mounted to travel with the carriage, a shi'ftable carriage-arresting stop mounted on the carringe, a series of column-selecting stops spaced ten letter spaces apart, key-operated means for setting any desired one of said stops in the path of said denominationalpoint selector, and connections between the selector and the carriage-arresting stop for actuating said carriage-arresting stop when the selector engages a set stop.

16. In a t pewriting machine, the combination of a rame, a carriage movable transversel of the frame, a stationary rack supporte on the frame, a carriage-arresting stop mounted on the carriage and adapted to engage said rack, key-controlled column-selecting stops, a tabulator-stop support, variably adjustable column stops carried by said support, key-controlled means for shifting said support to simultaneously shift the column stops to active position, and means operable either by a set column-selecting stop or an active column stop to actuate the carriage-arresting stop.

17. In a tahulating mechanism1 the combination with a traveling carriage and denominational keys, of means mounted to travel with the carriage and settable by said keys in different positions relatively to the carriage corresponding with the value of the key operated, column-selecting keys, and devices ttable by said column-selecting keys in position to engage with said denomintional-key-set means to effect stoppage of the carriage.

18. In a tabulatin mechanism, the combination with a trave ing paper carriage and denominational keys, of means mounted to travel with the carriage and settable by said -keys in diierent positions relatively tothe carriage corresponding with the value of the key operated, column-selecting keys, devices settable by said column-selecting keys in osition to engage with said denominationa -key-se't means, and means for arresting the carriage operated by engage ment of said denominational-key-set means with either of said devices.

19. In a tabulatin mechanism, the combination with a trave ing aper carriage and denominational keys, o means mounted to travel with the carriage and 'set/table by said keys in different positions relatively to the carriage corresponding with the value of the key operated, column-selecting keys, devices settable by said column-Selecting keys in position to engage with said denominational-keyset means, means for arresting.r the carriage operated by engagementpfaid denominational-key-set means'- with either of 'said devices, and means forming a yielding connection between said denominationalkey-set means and said carriage.

I 2U. `In a tabulating mechanism, the com.V

bination with a traveling carriage, of a co-f lurnnar-point determining device, a decimal- `order determining device, oneonly of said devices traveling with the carriage, means whereby the carria e may continue to travel relatively to said evices after engagement of the devices with each other, and a carriage stop operable by such continued movement of the carriage to arrest the car-- riage at the point for which lsaid devices are set.

21, In a typewriting machine, a rockablc carriage-stop on the carriage having,r two opposite stop-dogs, a rack on the frame, means` for givin the carriage a running movement in eit er direction, a, series of stops, and means actuatable by any one of said sto for rocking the carriage-stop in either direction to stop the carriage by engagement `,vith said rack, said means embodying a slidable plate on the carriage rcsiliently held so as to be adapted to shift toward either end of the carriage.

22. In a typewriting machine. a doublodog rockable stop on the carriage and means for rocking the same in either direction, and a stop-rack on the frame extending the length of travel of the carriage and adapted to be engaged by either one of the tivo dogs of the rockable stop.

'23. ln 4a tabnlating mechanism, the combination with a machine frame and a travelint: paper carriage mounted thereon, of a decimal-order determining device traveling normally with the carriage, decimal-order keys mounted in the frame independently of the carriage, operating means between saidkeys and device for ,selectively positioning said device, relatively to the carriage in accordance with the value of the key operated, means whereby said device and carriage may have a relative movement independently ofthe movement of the device by the keys, oolumnarpoint determining de-` vices mounted-independently of the carriage adapted to be engaged by said decimal-order determining device to arrest the latter' device, and a carriage Stop operable by continued movement of the carriage after arresting of the decimal-order determining device.

Q4. In a tyl'iewriting machine, the combination with a traveling paper carriage, n denoniinntional point selecting device movnbhl with the carriage, a set, of columnar-point determining devices variably adjustable longitudinally of the nath of movement of' the carriage, a second set of selectively movable columnar-point determining deviccs, columnselecting keys for moving,r either one ofy said second set of devices into the path of said denominational-point-selccting device to elect stoppage of the carriage, a progressive column tabiilating key for shifting said ,first set of .devices into and out of the path of said denominational-I'ioint sclectintr device to effi-ct snrccssive stoppagcs of the carriage and denominational keys for variably adjusting the dt-nominational-point selecting rit-vicirclativt-ly to thc carriage. y

ln a typewriling machine, the conibinution with a traveling paper carriage, n dcnominational-point selecting device movable with thecarriagc. a sot of columnarpoint determining devices variabiy adjustable longitndin-.illy ol' thc path of movement of the carriage. n soi-ond .svt if-selectively movable columnar-point dctermininar dvvires. column-selecting keys for moving either one of said second set of devices into thc path of said denoniinational-point selecting device to ell'cct stoppage of the carriage, a progressive column talmlating key or shifting said first set of` dc\'iccs into and ont of the path of said denominationalpoint selecting device vto cfl'ect successive Stoppa es of the carriage, a set of denominational ,iteys for variably adjusting the denominational-point selecting device relatively to the carriage, means whereby said denominational point scheming device may vicld relatively to the carriage in either direction of travel of the carriage, and means operable by auch relative yielding movement of said selecting device for arresting the carriage when moving in either direction of its travel.

26. In a typewriting machine, a power means therein embodying a continuouslylnnning shaft, a carriage-operating mechanism capable of feeding the carriage and also giving the carriage a running movement in either direction, mechanism for putting said carriage-running mechanism in operation embodying a rightward-running key Vand a leftward-running key, and key-actuated carriage-arresting means capable of stopping the carriage in itsl running. moveA ment-at any letter-.space point in its travel in either direction.

27. ln a writingr machine, the combination with a traveling paper carriage and means for moving the Same, of denominational-point selectin r means, a set of progressive column taiulating abutment devicesl variahly adjustable longitudinally ofv the path of the carriage, a set of selective independently key-aetuuted column tabulat ing abutment devices, means whereby relative movement longitudinally of the pathV of the carriage is imparted between the denon]inational-point selecting means and said sets of devices during travel of the carriage, and means whereby said denominationalmint selecting means may cooperate with abutment devices of either set to effect stoppage of the carriage.

28. In a writi-n machine, the combina- -tion with a trave means for moving the same, of denominational-point selecting means, a set of prothe path of the carriage,

' 1 sets of devices during trave and key-controlled means for imparting ing papel' carriage and relative -movement transversely of the ath* of travel ofthe carriage between sai de- -nominational-point selecting 'means and va having a finger adapted to engage in the` notches in the bar, and a spring fol' each stop, eachof `:said springs bein f coiled around the rod and having one en( ing the stop to hold its finger in one of the notches and its other end enga ring the bar.

30. In a writing machine, tie combination with a plurality of column-selecting stops spaced ten letter-spaces apart, and a series of ten decimal-order stops one of which at one end of the series is normali in active position, ofa series of nine deelmal-order keys for settn the remaining decimal order stops rovidged with decimal order designations rom right to left in one .color and provided with z'flesignations 1 to 9 from left to right in a contrasting oolor, and a series of column-seleeting keys for setting the ,column-selecting stops in position to cooperate with an active decimal-order Stop, said column-seleeting. keys being provided with designations 10, 20 ete. from right to left corres ending with the'scale-point location thereoiiand in the same color as the decimal-order designations of the other series of keys and also provided with designations 0, 10, 203 etc. from right to left and in a eolor correspending with the designations 1 to 9 on the other series of keys.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atiix my signature.

MANSFIELD o. onAWLEY.-

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